1. O my master, O source of knowledge,
O instrument of war and peace,
١. يا سيّدي يا مَعدَن العِلمِ
يا آلَةً لِلحَرب وَالسَلمِ
2. Direct the birds of poetry towards me, for
My heart has laid the snare of understanding
٢. وَجِّهْ طُيورَ الشَعر نَحوي فَقَد
بَثّ فُؤادي شَرَكَ الفَهمِ